Engineering & Industrial Design Technology Articles

SkillsUSA Pennsylvania College of Technology produced three medalists during the 52nd annual National SkillsUSA Conference, held recently in Louisville, Kentucky – including a repeat gold medal-winner in the Technical Drafting category. Penn College student Kyle T.

For the second consecutive year, more than 50 Pennsylvania College of Technology students proved their computer-aided design prowess by passing a prominent industry certification test. The students successfully completed the Certified SolidWorks Associate exam. SolidWorks is a 3-D modeling, computer-aided software program employed by more than 3 million product designers and engineers worldwide.

Barbara Helen Williams A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday for Barbara Helen Williams, a professor emeritus at Penn College, who died Monday.

Creative design and mechanical engineering merge in a new book written by a Pennsylvania College of Technology professor of industrial design. “Engineering for Industrial Designers and Inventors: Fundamentals for Designers of Wonderful Things,” written by Thomas E. Ask, was recently released by publisher O’Reilly Media.

Penn College's Elizabeth A. Snedeker is on her way to becoming a biomedical engineer. The industrial design major devoted her senior project to redesigning a common, yet troublesome surgical instrument used for partial-knee replacements. Her design has impressed a prominent orthopedic surgeon, as well as the maker of the current extractor tool.

Attending to details are William C. Hayden, of Greensburg, an engineering design technology major ... ,,, and Alexander J. Horne, a manufacturing engineering technology student from West Chester. 'bots ready for battle Assembled in College Avenue Labs are (foreground, from left) Matthew A. Semmel, of Palmerton, engineering design technology; Kaylee R.

College Values Online Penn College's industrial design major has been identified as one of the field's top-valued undergraduate offerings in the country. The ranking by College Values Online considered tuition, financial aid and return on investment, as well as the number of minors, concentrations or areas of emphases offered.

A dozen dedicated Pennsylvania College of Technology students are driven to succeed at Baja SAE Tennessee Tech. The students are aiming for a stellar showing at the demanding Society of Automotive Engineers competition, featuring 100 collegiate teams from throughout the United States and four other countries.

Industrial and human factors design students (from left) Benjamin D. Rubenstein, Michael R. Perkins and Nicholast J. Krupka prepare to present a product redesign to GE engineers and managers. In a GE conference room, the students describe their proposed redesign.

Students and teachers who connect learning with real work experiences will be featured in a new series premiering this month on public television. “Working Class” will encourage viewers to make an impact in the world by pursuing careers that reflect their personal talents and interests.